Re: [Exist-open] Problem shutting down embedded db [solved]

[Michael K. <mic...@gm...>]

Wolfgang Meier schrieb:
> Michael Kurz wrote:
>>I guess the problem is, that tomcat cannot exit until the sync thread of
>>eXist terminates. But this thread won't terminate until I call
>>DatabaseInstanceManager.shutdown() which I planned to call in
>>Servlet.destroy() or the Listener. So I hope this expklains my problem.
> 
> I don't see a good solution other than making sure that the database
> is closed before tomcat starts the shutdown process. For example, by
> an additional DatabaseShutdownServlet, whose only job is to shut down
> the db.

For anyone who is interested, I tried what Wolfgang suggested and it 
works fine for me. I start the embedded instance via a 
ServletContextListener and shut it down in a separate servlet that has 
nothing else to do and that has NO instance of eXist. This way tomcat 
shuts down as expected.

Thank you, regards
Michael